Britain ran a bigger-than-expected budget deficit in December, swelled by debt interest and a one-off purchase of military ...

(Reuters) - Britain ran a bigger-than-expected budget deficit in December, swelled by debt interest costs and a one-off ...

The mother of a teenager who was murdered by her ex-partner is campaigning for the government to include "hidden homicides" ...

The budget deficit surged in the final month of 2024, underlining the challenge facing the government in meeting its fiscal ...

DEBT interest costs pushed up UK government borrowing more than predicted last month, putting Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves on course to overshoot official forecasts this year. Read more ...

It came after fresh data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK economy grew by a ...

Yields on U.K. government bonds--which are known as gilts--surged in early January, and although they have since fallen back somewhat, they remain above the levels assumed by the OBR when it was ...

Fears over 'Stagflation' were fuelled today as figures showed jobs and vacancies dipping while pay gathered pace. Numbers on ...

The volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, fell by 0.3% in December, the Office for National Statistics ...

The West Midlands claimant count covering those claiming unemployment benefits stood at 207,945 last month, with the figure ...

Rachel Reeves has found brief respite this morning, with the Office for National Statistics confirming that inflation dipped ...

The UK and West Midlands have seen a rise in unemployment, official figures have revealed. The jobless rate rose unexpectedly ...